diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index 4087b35..5fb52aa 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ inline char *pretty_bytes(const uint64_t bytes, int8_t start_suffix, char *buf,
 int get_hwmon_dir(char *path, const size_t bufsz) {
 	glob_t g;
 
-	strcpy(path + strlen(path), "/hwmon*");
+	strcat(path, "/hwmon*");
 
 	if (glob(path, 0, NULL, &g) == 0) {
 		strlcpy(path, g.gl_pathv[0], bufsz); // same size as hwmon length, careful